Yearly Archives: 2016
Ashtabula County Fair market livestock sale totaled $290,593
The 2016 Ashtabula County Fair market livestock sale totaled more than $290,500. Check out the list of this year's champions.
Ethanol plant capacity up for third consecutive year
Total capacity of U.S. ethanol plants increased by more than 500 million gallons per year in January 2016, compared with January 2015.
Utica and Marcellus shale: Horizontal well permit activity still strong in Pennsylvania
Ohio issued only 19 drilling permits in the Utica Shale in July, signaling continued pull-back in oil and gas industry. In contrast, Pennsylvania granted 100 permits.
Essential oils a poisoning danger for young children
Essential oils, popular home remedies, are being accidentally ingested by small children, sending them to emergency care.
$5 million gift gives OSU Extension new facility
Donation creates facilities fund for outreach, research on urban farm.
Hall of famers remind us that agriculture is more than farming
No matter what an individual’s skill set is, there is some job within the ag industry that matches it, writes Editor Susan Crowell in her column this week. We need engineers, food scientists, bug fanatics, lawyers, teachers, marketers, policy gurus, even community activists.
How to plan for fall gardening
Who says your gardening days have to end when September rolls around?
How to plant a pawpaw patch
Learn how to identify pawpaw trees in Ohio, how to pick ripe fruit, as well as instructions for planting a pawpaw patch of your own.
Not your grandfather’s farmers market
Today's consumers are more concerned about their food and where it comes from. Farmers markets provide opportunities to connect producers and consumers and offer a unique shopping atmosphere.
Vacation with us: Dick Myers in North Carolina
Dick Myers, of Washington, Pennsylvania, took Farm and Dairy to Duck, North Carolina, recently. Looks like you had some nice weather!
